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Fast Company
November 2010
Stephanie Schomer |
Chegg: Saving College Kids Money Through Textbook Rental Aayush Phumbhra is reforming the dysfunctional world of college textbooks by renting them to students nationwide.   |
HHMI Bulletin
Fall 2012 |
HHMI Awards $50 Million to Colleges Forty-seven small colleges and universities have accepted a challenge: to create more engaging science classes, bring real-world research experiences to students, and increase the diversity of students who study science. |
Registered Rep.
January 23, 2015
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Five Secrets Colleges Are Keeping From You While universities may lure students with fancy brochures, luxury housing and scenic architecture, the reality is that colleges are high-stakes businesses preoccupied with enhancing their own prestige. |
Job Journal
February 29, 2004
Marty Nemko |
QUICK FIX: Could You Counsel College Students? Professors used to advise students, but colleges have realized that most profs are more interested in their own research than which courses Jill should take. So colleges now hire counselor types to advise undergraduates. |
Information Today
October 20, 2015 |
EBSCO Introduces Resource for College and Career Readiness EBSCO Information Services launched the PrepSTEP online learning platform to help students build the skills they need for college and career readiness. |
Information Today
November 5, 2015 |
ARL Promotes Excellence in Assessment Program EIA is the first national initiative to recognize colleges and universities that successfully integrate assessment practices across their campuses. |
Information Today
February 16, 2012
Nancy K. Herther |
Etextbooks Attracting Involvement of the FCC, Education Department, and Higher Ed The focus on etextbooks continues as even the federal government makes major strides into taking the school textbook into the 21 st century. |
Information Today
April 15, 2013
Abby Clobridge |
The Wild West of MOOCs Massive Open Online Courses are the subject of many recent headlines. The issues cover everything from the future of higher education to using technology to deliver courses and textbooks on a global scale. |
T.H.E. Journal
March 2000 |
Late Breaks - SMARTer Kids & NEC Technologies ...Together, they are launching a new $20 million grant program open to accredited not-for-profit public and private schools, colleges and universities across North America.... |
D-Lib
October 2000
William Y. Arms |
Editorial: Digital Libraries for Distance Education The latest fashion in higher education is distance education. Like most fashions, this is not a new idea. Modern technology -- notably the Internet -- provides opportunities for really high-quality distance education, including digital libraries... |
T.H.E. Journal
December 9, 2009
Scott Aronowitz |
Federal Grant Aims To Make Open Content Texts More Accessible With the help of a $100,000 supplemental grant from the United States Department of Education Office of Special Education, Bookshare will begin to make open content textbooks accessible to readers with print disabilities. |
Job Journal
March 14, 2010 |
Making the Grade...with an Online Degree With nearly 200 universities and colleges now offering Web-based classes, online education programs have come of age. |
| Information Today |
DynamicBooks to Offer College Open Textbooks The DynamicBooks platform enables instructors to customize and personalize textbooks that are delivered to the instructor's students using an advanced reader and annotation tool that can be used from most computing devices. |
Registered Rep.
September 27, 2010
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
College In Four Years, Not Six Before a teenager falls in love with any colleges be sure to check their graduation rates. It could save your clients tens of thousands of dollars. |
BusinessWeek
November 17, 2003
William C. Symonds |
Cash-Cow Universities For-profits are growing fast and making money. Do students get what they pay for? |
HHMI Bulletin
Aug 2011
Lisa Chiu |
Going Viral Science Education Alliance's hands-on lab approach takes on a life of its own. |
The Motley Fool
January 28, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
The Smartest Move Colleges Ever Made Eliminating the middleman serves both schools and students. Colleges are at least making the right response to the credit crisis by making loans directly to their students. |
BusinessWeek
February 9, 2004
William C. Symonds |
Colleges: The Newest U.S. Export American schools are bringing their campuses to students abroad. |
Information Today
April 25, 2011 |
Flat World Knowledge Releases 'Make It Your Own' Platform for Textbooks The fully-automated system gives professors greater control over textbook content, and the ability, with one click, to make their modified book available to students free online or in multiple, low-cost digital and print formats. |
Registered Rep.
November 21, 2011
Liz O'Shaughnessy |
Negotiating through the Maze of College Costs One of the biggest mistakes that families with college-bound teenagers make is looking in the wrong places for college cash. |
T.H.E. Journal
November 2003
Judith B. Rajala |
Bridging the Gap: Programs for Earning College Credit in High School Earning college credit while still in high school can afford students many wonderful opportunities. A look at programs that provide high school students college-level credit prior to graduation |
Entrepreneur
April 2008
Nichole L. Torres |
Get With the Program "All-inclusive" entrepreneurship programs can get you connected - and your business going. |
AFP eWire
September 24, 2007 |
New Organization to Help Higher Ed Donors Attach Strings to Gifts Citing concerns over accountability and donor intent, three foundations have created a nonprofit group that will assist donors in attaching legally enforceable conditions to their gifts to colleges and universities. |
BusinessWeek
April 16, 2007
Christoph Guttentag |
The College Crunch: Why Getting In Has Gotten So Tough For many American families, March Madness refers not to a basketball tournament but to the ever-increasing anxiety in the weeks before colleges mail their acceptance letters. |
Salon.com
December 15, 2000
Maura Kelly |
Stop the madness Admissions officers at top-rated colleges prescribe time out for burnout... |
T.H.E. Journal
January 2001 |
Students Want More College Information An online survey of over 600 high school juniors and seniors conducted by Embark found that 60% felt that they didn't have enough information about where they should apply to college... |
T.H.E. Journal
November 2004
Anthony Paustian |
Des Moines Area Community College Utilizes Handhelds for On-the-Go Education As students come to expect more options and greater flexibility in the delivery of course content, schools and colleges need to respond. |
BusinessWeek
January 6, 2011
John Hechinger |
For-Profit College Grads Also Earn a Life of Debt The schools leave students more indebted than conventional colleges |
T.H.E. Journal
March 2005 |
WebSurveyor Colleges and universities receive a two-year renewable product license for teaching and research, which includes software, updates and support through the company's Academic Grant Program. |
Registered Rep.
June 18, 2012
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
How College Rankings Influence Scholarship Awards For your affluent clients, it's the schools that don't possess the marquee names that will be eager to award their children scholarships. The author's book, The College Solution: A Guide to Everyone Looking for the Right School at the Right Price explains more. |
T.H.E. Journal
February 2003
Sylvia Charp |
Engaging the Tech-Savvy Generation It's the job of every educator to use all technological resources available to keep students engaged in the classroom. But a true tech-savvy educator is continually learning from his or her students. |
T.H.E. Journal
April 2001 |
On The Web Student performance enhancement and college prep service provider aims to make college a reality for every student... Web site offers a place for students to exchange their old textbooks for ones that they currently need... Teaching children about preventing injuries in the home... etc. |
Registered Rep.
September 19, 2014
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
The College Illusion Are your clients, who could be paying as much as a quarter of a million dollars to send one child to college, getting their money's worth? |
| T.H.E. Journal |
The iCommunication Initiative The $20 million iCommunication Initiative grant enables Ball State to enhance its technology and communications curriculum as well as add resources. |
Entrepreneur
December 2004
Nichole L. Torres |
Big Biz on Campus According to one source, more than 1,500 colleges and universities currently offer some form of entrepreneurship training, compared with the handful of courses available 15 years ago. |
T.H.E. Journal
July 2008
Horton, Meier & Mineo |
Elementary Schools : New York : A Winning After-School Program In this New York after-school technology program creativity thrives and learning is a collaborative effort. |
Information Today
January 14, 2016 |
Gale Offers Libraries Interactive Science Products for Students Gale launched three new science products for academic and school libraries that are designed to help students understand science beyond simply reading their textbooks. |
The Motley Fool
September 5, 2007
Katrina Chan |
Back to School: Textbooks for Sale Before you hit the books, hit the Internet. Hundreds of dollars a year can be saved by buying college textbooks and supplies online. |
T.H.E. Journal
February 2009 |
Student Attitudes: Online Learning Students participating in a survey reveal their opinions about online learning courses. |
Information Today
December 21, 2009 |
Flat World Knowledge Partners with Bookshare to Make Free College Textbooks Accessible to People with Print Disabilities Flat World Knowledge, a publisher of expert-authored, open content college textbooks, became the first dedicated college textbook publisher to supply its digital textbooks to Bookshare |
T.H.E. Journal
January 1, 2000 |
Futureperspective - a Vision of Education for the 21st Century The creation and delivery of courses over the Web will be the driving force for educational change in the 21st century. |
The Motley Fool
December 9, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
Teach When the Time Is Right Now is the time to spread financial education in our schools. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 2006
Kevin Hunter |
A Textbook Case The prohibitive cost of purchasing and maintaining textbooks has left our students with outdated materials or none at all. The solution? Print your own. |
Registered Rep.
February 23, 2015
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Helping Parents Deal with College Stress The number of parents who express concern about getting their kids into college is almost as many as those who worry about paying the tab. |
BusinessWeek
January 12, 2004 |
Education: The Bleak Writing On The Blackboard State budget deficits will mean stingier spending on public schools. The bright spot: Test-prep and tutoring firms are thriving. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 2001
Sylvia Charp |
Partnerships and Collaborative Learning The power of partnerships and the value of alliances in education have existed for many years. Hardware vendors have been partnering with content providers and users to demonstrate the value of technology in education... |
BusinessWeek
October 22, 2007
Sophia Asare |
Putting College Within Reach for Many Nonprofit programs provide intensive admissions-prep services for promising kids from low-income backgrounds. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 2004 |
Digital Community Colleges and the Coming of the 'Millenials' Investments in digital technologies have helped community colleges across America prepare for the needs and expectations of so-called "millenials." |
T.H.E. Journal
August 2003 |
Mobile Science Center Brings High-Tech Experimentation to Remote Parts of South Africa Will students in schools that don't have access to technology have the same chances of competing successfully in the global economy? Edusoft decided the best way to provide students with these experiences would be to build a low-cost mobile classroom that could be transported to rural schools countrywide. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 2000 |
Portals A listing of Internet portals and education services for teachers, parents, and students... |
